June 9, 2018

If there’s one thing I especially love about summer, it’s the oodles of fresh fruits and veggies. Nothing feels more refreshing on an insanely hot day than the bright burst of flavor from a tomato or cucumber. Fortunately, they both take center stage in this dish—Panzanella! Along with plenty of toasty, garlicky baguette pieces, of course.

It’s actually the balance between delicious carbs and light, yummy veggies that make this such a perfect summer salad. Although I love a good salad on its own, personally, I always want some sort of bready goodness with it. Alternating between bites of bright cucumber, juicy tomato, and crunchtastic baguette is such a treat. The more I ate it, the more I wanted. In fact, I’m really glad to have some leftovers in the fridge.

June 1, 2018

What’s this? A recipe blog post with no video?? When was the last time we saw a simple recipe on this blog???

Okay I’m done with the question marks. 😂

As I’ve been slowly working my way through this blog preparing for some future updates, I got a bit nostalgic for my good old blog posts. The fun of making a recipe, taking a few photos, and writing a blog post really started to appeal to me again. I’m still sticking with YouTube, of course, but once and a while it’s really nice to not have to film and edit videos whenever I want to post a quick recipe.

This particular (moderately) quick recipe is a roasted tomato tortilla soup. Rather than canned tomatoes, it uses two trays of fresh, oven-roasted roma tomatoes, giving the soup a hearty, vibrant flavor. Combined with southwestern spices and plenty of chicken and veggies, it makes for a truly delicious meal. My favorite part of all, though, is serving it alongside plenty of sliced avocado and tortilla chips. The variety of textures and flavors is just so good!

It was so fun to make this recipe and it totally took me back to the early days of this blog. Actually, as I write this, I’m realizing that this blog is turning eight years old! What better way to celebrate than fill it up with some brand new content, right? Hopefully this will be the start of another year of super delicious adventures!